Bard's Tale IV: Prototype Footage

Bard's Tale IV: Prototype Footage

Kenneth Kully of the Ultima Codex was recently granted permission
to dig through the digital archives of EA subsidiary Mythic
Entertainment. Two days ago, he informed me that he had found in it a very strange video.

We know that Mythic Entertainment are the caretakers of Ultima Online and the entire Ultima
legacy at EA. As such, they have inherited materials that originally
belonged to Origin before that company's final shutdown in 2004. We also
know that back in 1998, Brian Fargo had not yet recovered the rights to
Bard's Tale, which he eventually used to make his own modern take on the series, 2004's The Bard's Tale.

So, did Origin set out to create their own Bard's Tale sequel? Considering how busy they were in 1998 with the disaster that was Ultima IX, that doesn't seem likely. Luckily, the powers of Google supply an answer to our conundrum.